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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd Louis Price, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Simon Alexander Robbie, Belleville, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Diefenbaker, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/510 ;
Abstract
A vehicle anti-theft system and method that operates the engine in a theft protection mode in which the engine is permitted to operate at idle or speed limited is provided. The method includes receiving an arm password, comparing the arm password with a stored password in the memory, and operating the engine in the theft protection mode when the arm password matches the stored password.